Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
дремучая дичь
English translation:
utter nonsense, rubbish, rot
Russian term
United States
Finance and Politics
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Russian to English, Norwegian to English
дремучая дичь
I can't even begin to guess what this phrase means. Even if you can only help me understand what this phrase means without giving a translation I would be quite grateful.
| 2 +8 | utter nonsense, rubbish, rot |
Amy Lesiewicz
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Apr 26, 2014 18:07: Amy Lesiewicz Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
United States
the bond between science and language
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US South, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: Russian to English, English
utter nonsense, rubbish, rot
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Note added at 11 mins (2014-04-24 19:26:15 GMT)
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My dictionary for дичь includes:
4) (вздор) (stuff and) nonsense, absurdity, rubbish, rot это какая-то дичь! — this is crazy / stupid! •• нести / пороть дичь — talk nonsense / rubbish
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Note added at 25 mins (2014-04-24 19:40:16 GMT)
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This was from ABBYY Lingvo 12, a very quick and easy-to-use reference. I also found this meaning of дичь in Sophia Lubensky's "Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms", which is now available in a new edition, I believe. I had the honor of studying under Dr. Lubensky just before she retired, and I can testify that her dictionary is a wonderful reference.
| Actually, looking at another sentence I have with the same phrase, that really seems to fit! How on earth did you come up with that so fast!? |
| Aha, so it's time to invest in some new dictionaries. Which dictionary did you find this in? |
Reference comments
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
http://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/дичь
дремучая = переносное значение по́лный (с отрица́нием) дрему́чий неве́жда
http://ru.thefreedictionary.com/дремучая
дремучая + дичь = полная чушь
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Note added at 36 mins (2014-04-24 19:51:10 GMT)
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